KROK 1 2012 – Question 14 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Patients with similar complaints applied to the doctor: weakness, pain in the intestines, disorder of GIT. Examination of the faeces revealed that one patient with four nucleus cysts should be hospitalized immediately. For what protozoa are such cysts typical?
- A. Intestinal amoeba
- B. Trichomonas
- C. Dysenteric amoeba
- D. Lamblia
- E. Balantidium
Hint
Recall that the number of nuclei in a mature cyst helps separate harmless intestinal protozoa from invasive ones, and consider which species would justify urgent admission.
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